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Pindar’s Pythian Twelve: A Linguistic Commentary and a Comparative Study
Series: - Ancient Languages and Civilizations, Volume: 6
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Pindar’s Pythian Twelve is the only choral lyric epinicion in our possession composed for the winner of a non-athletic competition. Often regarded as an ode of straightforward interpretation, close analysis of the text reveals that it presents several challenges to modern readers. This book offers an updated translation of the text and an investigation of the main interpretative issues of the epinicion with the aid of historical linguistics. By identifying devices which Pindar might have inherited from earlier periods of poetic language, the study provides insights into the thematic aspects of the ode as well as on Pindar’s compositional technique.
Laura Massetti, Ph.D. (2016), University of Cologne, is Researcher at University of Naples “L’Orientale”, where she teaches Greek Language and Literature. Her scientific interests comprise Greek Literature, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Mythology, and Religion
Any reader interested in the comparative approach to Greek Literature and, in particular, to Pindar and Ancient Greek choral lyric. Academic readership may therefore include Indo-Europeanists and classicists, but also readers with a broader linguistic or classical background.